Salem Community School Superintendent Dr. Lynn Reed said she learned Monday, Dec. 10 that the Monroe County School Board was likely going to re-hire SHS Athletic Director Mo Moriarity at their meeting Dec. 11.

After losing in the first round of First Harrison Bank Holiday Tournament, the Eastern boys’ basketball team seemed flat to start the consolation game Saturday. The Musketeers fell behind 8-0 early to Salem, but got a spark by their second five to comeback for a 56-38 win.

Greenville College’s Todd Albertson, a sophomore from Pekin, (Eastern), has been named the Men’s Basketball Player of the Week for the week of December 3-9 in the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Confernce.

The Salem City Council held their final public meeting of the year on Monday, December 10, 2012. There was much talk that evening about economic, business and road development in Salem, where the city has been over the past few years and where it may be heading in the upcoming year. Mayor David Bower was pleased to report that a few of the city’s major construction projects have been making progress recently.

It has been a season of hires, fires and waiting games in the world of football coaches this year. Another one can be added to the list as Salem High School Athletic Director Mo Moriarity was hired to be the Bloomington South Head Coach and assistant AD at that corporation’s school board meeting Monday (Dec. 10).